Il cappello da prete (1944)

Il cappello da prete

The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from the house of a very rich priest and, surprised during the theft, he kills the priest, and then throws the body in an abandoned well. He continues his life of revelries and luxury, until the remorse for the crime trigger a process of self-destruction. The nightmares of the baron, tormented by the only evidence left of the murder, the hat of the priest ,drags him into a daring and hallucinated series of ups and downs to the brink of insanity and jail.

Il cappello da prete

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Roldano Lupi
Roldano Lupi
as Baron Carlo di Santafusca
Lída Baarová
Lída Baarová
as Marinella
Luigi Almirante
Luigi Almirante
as Don Cirillo
Carlo Lombardi
Carlo Lombardi
as Count Vico di Spiano
Loris Gizzi
Loris Gizzi
as Marquis Usilli
Luigi Pavese
Luigi Pavese
as Judge Pavese
Gionvanni Grasso
Gionvanni Grasso
as Francesco Scuoto, the Lawyer
Checco Rissone
Checco Rissone
as Filippino
Mario Colli
Mario Colli
as Count Ignazio
Elio Marcuzzo
Elio Marcuzzo
as Girogio Di Sauro
Anna Capodaglio
Anna Capodaglio
as Maddalena
Diana Mercanti
Diana Mercanti
as Lellina, the Ballerina
Riccardo Billi
Riccardo Billi
as The Barber
Oreste Fares
Oreste Fares
as Don Antonio
Giuseppe Pierozzi
Giuseppe Pierozzi
as Administrator of the Sacro Monte
Gualtiero Isnenghi
Gualtiero Isnenghi
as Priest appointed by the Vicar
Gorella Gori
Gorella Gori
as Chiarina
Nicola Maldacea
Nicola Maldacea
as Filippino's Friend
Renato Navarrini
Renato Navarrini
as
Pietro Bigerna
Pietro Bigerna
as
Giacinto Molteni
Giacinto Molteni
as Priest
Clara Piccinni
Clara Piccinni
as
Armando Furlai
Armando Furlai
as
Maria Melvin
Maria Melvin
as
Mario Besesti
Mario Besesti
as Francesco Scuoto (voice)
Olinto Cristina
Olinto Cristina
as Don Antonio (voice)
Mario Pisu
Mario Pisu
as Giorgio Di Sauro (voice)
Lydia Simoneschi
Lydia Simoneschi
as Marinella (voice)

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Mario Serandrei
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Sandro Ghenzi
Sandro Ghenzi
Producer
Arturo Gallea
Arturo Gallea
Cinematography
Gino Carlo Sensani
Gino Carlo Sensani
Costume Design
Angelo Besozzi
Angelo Besozzi
Production Manager
Sergio Amidei
Sergio Amidei
Screenplay
Enzo Masetti
Enzo Masetti
Music
Cesare Baietti
Cesare Baietti
Set Decoration
Italo Tomassi
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Giacomo De Benedetti
Giacomo De Benedetti
Screenplay
Gastone Simonetti
Gastone Simonetti
Production Design
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Director
Roberto Caggiani
Roberto Caggiani
Conductor
Biagio Fiorelli
Biagio Fiorelli
Sound
Emilio De Marchi
Emilio De Marchi
Novel

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